Jonah
Jonah 4:10
10But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| said | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| You | אַתָּ֥ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| cared | חַ֙סְתָּ֙ | ḥas·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H2347 pity, look upon with compassion |
| about | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the plant | הַקִּ֣יקָי֔וֹן | haq·qî·qā·yō·wn | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7021 ricinus |
| which | אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| you neither | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| tended | עָמַ֥לְתָּ | ‘ā·mal·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H5998 labour, toil |
| nor | וְלֹ֣א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| made grow | גִדַּלְתּ֑וֹ | ḡid·dal·tōw | Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H1431 grow up, become great |
| It sprang up | הָיָ֖ה | hā·yāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| in a night | שֶׁבִּן־ | šeb·bin- | Pronoun - relative; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1121 son |
| and perished | אָבָֽד׃ | ’ā·ḇāḏ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6 perish |
| in a night | וּבִן־ | ū·ḇin- | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1121 son |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.